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Attorneys should use contingency fees more often for business disputes because, when done properly, they are good for both attorney and client. A “contingency fee” simply means that the amount the lawyer receives for a case is dependent in some ...

Like no time in recent memory, all eyes really are on Michigan. Leading unemployment, abysmal schools, unprecedented bankruptcies, huge bailouts, skyrocketing forfeitures, chronic budget messes, and political corruption were the highlights for 2009. The scrutiny is so intense, Time magazine ...

Viewpoint If you use the phrases “rush to judgment,” “jump on the bandwagon” and the always popular “dive in head first,” you certainly wouldn’t be discussing anything remotely related to legal marketing or the practice of law in general. So ...

Viewpoint By 2050, most demographers project that a majority of America’s population will be citizens of color. But only about 10 percent of America’s current lawyers are people of color, and that number has not changed significantly for more than ...

Viewpoint I have a 40-plus person law firm that specializes in plaintiff’s litigation — mainly truck, motorcycle and automobile accidents both first- and third-party. It’s a practice that, traditionally, is heavy with paper usage. A few years ago, I decided ...

Viewpoint The “Viewpoint” column in your June 29 issue, “Your insurance company can now lie to you — and legally get away with it,” was so obviously wrong and symptomatic of the problems with our current legal system and our ...

Viewpoint When state voters in Michigan overwhelmingly voted in favor of allowing for the growth, distribution and use of marijuana for medicinal use last November, we expected there would be bumps in the road. Almost immediately, a Madison Heights couple ...

Viewpoint Michigan’s Legal Aid and Defender Association (LAD) on July 8 filed a lawsuit in the Michigan Supreme Court, asking that the court stop the termination of a contract between Wayne County Circuit Court and LAD. The Wayne Court announced ...